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Abby Sunderland, 16, dreamed about sailing a solo voyage around the world.  She set sail in January, but made headlines last week when she triggered a frantic international rescue effort after getting stranded in the Indian Ocean after storms smashed the mast of her sailboat, Wild Eyes.

In the wake of the near-disaster, the family has faced a barrage of critiques for their decision to let 16-year-old Abby set sail alone.  Criticism only increased after it was released that Abby’s father had...

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    There was a recent murder in my city. A young (black) man (23)shot at 3AM in front of his house. His two young daughters(1 & 3) were inside being watched by HIS mother. So I spent some time on a board by the tv station and was AMAZED at the venom towards urban culture at large. Granted this young man was hardly a paragon of virtue, BUT STILL two babies lost their father and a mother lost...
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Lindsay Lohan was released after serving 14 of her 90-day jail sentence following a judge’s ruling earlier this month that she had violated her DUI probation.  She was being held in Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA.  Upon her release from prison, Lohan has been sentenced to an additional three months in a rehabilitation center, rumored to be UCLA medical...

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According to The Guardian, Tony Hayward is leaving his position as BP’s chief executive.  Hayward, who has been at BP for 28 years, has been taking heat over his handling of the Gulf oil spill.  He is being criticized for his comments downplaying the environmental impact of the spill, and that he "wants his life back."  Hayward initiated a $50 million PR campaign...

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USDA executive, Shirley Sherrod, was allegedly forced to resign from her job as Director of Rural Development after a seemingly anti-white video clip was posted on Andrew Breitbart’s conservative blog. Breitbart claims he was trying to demonstrate the perceived hypocrisy of the

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A Beverly Hills judge ruled Tuesday that Lindsay Lohan violated the terms of her probation in a drunk-driving case when she failed to attend alcohol education classes.  She was sentenced to 90 days in jail. In addition to the jail sentence, the judge ordered her to a 90 day stay in a drug rehabilitation center.  

In her ruling, the judge cited several instances in...

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Joran van der Sloot was involved in a scheme to sell information on the location of Natallee Holloway’s remains for $250,000.  He has been indicted by a U.S. Federal Grand Jury on charges of wire fraud and extortion.    Meanwhile, van der Sloot is being held in a Peruvian jail on murder charges for the death of Stephany Flores.

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